Uber is letting Optimus Prime pick you up in select cities this week

In one of those crazy, once-in-a-lifetime things that Uber has gotten so good at delivering, you will be able to call for Optimus Prime to come and deliver a 15 minute “experience” later this week. All you have to do is live in Phoenix or Los Angeles.

If you’ve never used Uber for anything before, you’re missing out on what is genuinely a great experience. The upscale cab service uses a fantastic app to put a black car in front of you within minutes, and the almost always professional drivers will gladly treat you with the utmost of respect as they take you anywhere.

The service is understandably more expensive than a regular cab, unless you are in an area with the smaller Uber X cars, but overall it’s a great experience if you want a night on the town and shouldn’t be driving.

Uber’s latest promotion to help spread the word about the service is one of several amusing stunts they have performed over the last year, but it’s safe to say this is the biggest and best yet.

If you’re in Phoenix on June 19th or Los Angeles on June 21st, you’ll see a new option in the Uber app between 1PM and 7PM. The Autobots option in the Uber app will allow you to place a pin on the map for your location, and within minutes the infamous Transformer will show up in vehicle mode to take you wherever you want to go. Ordinarily it’s probably not particularly efficient to have a giant Peterbilt truck take you somewhere, but when it looks like Optimus Prime you can’t possibly say no.